2 . “Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. It was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly. She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1. When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was ________.

A．at home

B．sleeping

C．sitting in bed

D．both A and B

2. The author saved the baby ________.

A．because he was very brave.	B．because he liked the baby very much.
C．but he just happened to save it.	D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3. He ran in the wrong direction because he ________.

A．was a stranger there	B．could see nothing
C．was not completely awake	D．Both A and C

4. He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ________.

A．save the baby

B．call for help

C．protect his face

D．run quickly

3 . It was late, about 10:15 p.m., when Janice Esposito arrived at the Bellport, New York, train station. She jumped into her car, and began the 20-minute drive home. Having traveled the route so many times, she practically drove on autopilot. But suddenly, out of nowhere, a car crashed into Esposito’s minivan, pushing her backward onto the railroad tracks. She sat in the minivan, totally shocked by the impact and by the vehicle’s airbags.

As it happens, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for bed when he heard the high-pitched noise of the crash. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, never stopped to think. He ran out the door, still clad in his pyjamas.

The first car he came upon, 2, 000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once DiPinto concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito’s minivan lying on the railroad tracks. And then he heard an unpleasant sound: the bells signaling an oncoming train.

“The gates were starting to come down,” he told Newsday. “I see the headlight of the train.” DiPinto sprinted to Esposito’s minivan and banged on the driver’s side window. She just looked at him, her eyes unfocused. “I don’t know where I am,” she said. She seemed unhurt.

“You’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto shouted. “We have to get you off right now!” He pulled the handle, but the door was smashed in and jammed shut. The heavy train, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was running toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the door. He grabbed Esposito’s arms, and managed to pull her out across the passenger seat. Within six seconds, the train plowed into the minivan. “It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

But this one had a twist. “Last night,” South Country Ambulance chief Greg Miglino told CBS New York, “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”

1. Where did the accident happen?

A．In the train station.	B．Near Esposito’s home.
C．Near the railroad tracks.	D．In front of DiPinto’s house.

2. How was Esposito when her car was on the railroad tracks?

A．She was badly hurt.	B．She was totally stuck.
C．She was extremely anxious.	D．She was completely unconscious.

3. How did DiPinto save Esposito?

A．By encouraging her to open the door.	B．By dragging her out through the door.
C．By pulling her out across the passenger seat.	D．By breaking the window of the driver’s side.

4. What does Greg Miglino mean by saying “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”?

A．DiPinto is a real hero for he didn’t care about himself when helping others.

B．It was easy for DiPinto to save Esposito for he just did it in pajamas.

C．DiPinto didn’t have a fire truck when he tried to save Esposito.

D．DiPinto shouldn’t have worn pajamas because it was not safe.

4 . The quick action of Nick helped five people escape a fire on Hope Road. Nick said he usually left his house about 5: 30 am to lift weights, but he decided to stay at home to get his daughter ready for school that day.     1    “I saw smoke and flames and ran over and started beating on the side of the house shouting, ‘Your house is on fire! Your house is on fire!’” Nick remembered it was at about 9 am that the firefighters put out the fire.

Beverly Penny and her husband, Clark, along with their younger daughters, were sleeping in the living room, next to the kitchen, when they heard Nick beating on the walls. She opened the bedroom door and black smoke rolled in.     2     Her dog tried to hide under the bed, but Penny caught it by the leg and threw it out of the door.

    3     “When we arrived with our fire trucks, there were heavy flames outside on the house,” Jerry said. He called Nick a hero, saying that without his quick response the result could have been much worse. “The firefighters were fast.” Nick said.     4    

“They did a great job, and I can’t thank them enough,” Penny said, then looked at what remained in the house and shook her head as tears rolled down in her eyes. “Everything I have is gone.     5    ” She said the fire could have been caused by an electrical problem.

A．She managed to get her kids out.

B．Luckily nobody was hurt in the fire.

C．Firefighters got the call about 7: 05 am.

D．Thankfully, Jerry helped Nick escape the fire.

E．They arrived here within about three minutes.

F．However, chickens in one of the rooms weren’t so lucky.

G．As he looked at his neighbor’s house, he realized that it was on fire.

5 . LAS VEGAS—It was different in the light of day.

There was no “pop, pop, pop” of gunfire, no screams. Just a quiet lot of cars abandoned by those, like Kassidy Owen, who escaped with their lives.

“It's strange to hear the silence” Owen said, “because all I remember was the noise”

The 22-year-old was one of dozens of concertgoers who returned to the scene of the Route 91 Harvest festival on Wednesday morning to fetch the vehicles they left behind as they fled from a gunman raining down bullets from high above in the tower of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.

Survivors of the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday needed their cars to move on with their lives-to get back to work, to school, home. It was the first time they were returning to a scene that would forever change them, when joy and celebration and music turned into killing and horror.

Before they could move forward, they had to go back to the place where they thought they were going to die.

Owen had run to her car to hide and had tried to drive away, but she couldn't. People were running, bodies dropped to the ground, and cars bottlenecked in the parking lot. During a brief pause after more than 10 minutes of gunfire, she worried the lights of her SUV made everyone inside a shining target.

“They're shooting again” her best friend's brother screamed. “Turn off the car!”

That's when she got out and fled.

“I just remember shutting the door and running.” Owen said.

Now, nearly three days later, she was back, sitting in the driver's seat of her SUV. Her eyes were swollen and red. This was a long way from over.

“You just keep hearing the gunshots in your head,” Owen said.

1. Why did Kassidy Owen return to the scene of terror?

A．To get back her car for daily life.	B．To show sympathy to the victims.
C．To search for her missing friends.	D．To look into the cause of the shooting.

2. What does “cars bottlenecked in the parking lot” in Paragraph 7 mean?

A．Cars were abandoned in the parking lot.

B．The parking lot was jammed with cars.

C．The parking lot was covered with broken bottles.

D．Cars broke down in the parking lot.

3. Why did Owen keep hearing the gunshots in her head?

A．Because she had escaped being caught.

B．Because she wanted to find the gunman.

C．Because she couldn't rid herself of those terrible scenes.

D．Because she had saved others' lives by turning off the car.

4. What is talked about in the news story?

A．Survivors went back to where they would die.

B．Owen's experience in Las Vegas.

C．How to survive in a mass shooting.

D．People returned to the unforgettable scene.

7 . It was late, about 10:15 p. m. Janice Esposito got off the train at Bellport, New York, went to her car and started driving home. She was so familiar with the route that she almost drove automatically. However, when Esposito's car had just crossed the railroad tracks—bam!, it hit another vehicle and was pushed back onto the tracks. Injured but mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she was stuck in the vehicle.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was just about to go to sleep when he heard a sharp noise. As a volunteer firefighter, he fetched a flashlight and rushed out without hesitation. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said. “We're always on duty.”

After making sure that the driver was all right, DiPinto discovered Esposito's car straddling the railway tracks. And then he heard the bell ring, which signaled a train's arrival.

DiPinto rushed to Esposito's car and broke the window on the driver's side. Esposito looked up at him, with her eyes glazing over. “I don't know where 1 am,” she said.

“I have to get you off right now!” DiPinto yelled. The train was running toward them at a high speed. The driver's door cannot be opened due to the collision (硬撞), so DiPinto quickly ran to the other side and managed to open the door. He pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until finally got her out to safety. Several seconds later, the train crashed into the vehicle. “It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

“Last night,” said Gregory Miglino Jr, Chief of the Department in South Country Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas (睡衣裤), not in a fire truck.”

1. What can we know about the accident from Paragraph 1?

A．Esposito's car hit another vehicle.

B．Esposito drove too fast.

C．Esposito didn't know the route well.

D．A running train crashed into Esposito's car.

2. How was Janice Esposito right after the accident?

A．She felt all right.

B．She was badly hurt.

C．She got stuck in the car.

D．She completely lost her consciousness.

3. How was Janice Esposito rescued from her car?

A．Through the window on the driver's side.

B．Through the door on the driver's side.

C．Through the window on the passenger's side.

D．Through the door on the passenger's side.

4. What did Gregory Miglino Jr mean by “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck ?

A．DiPinto was not a professional firefighter.

B．DiPinto rushed to save life without thinking about himself.

C．DiPinto was a special firefighter who liked wearing pajamas.

D．DiPinto was unable to find a fire ruck when the accident happened.

8 . It was about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito got off the train at the Bellport, New York, got into her car and began driving home. She had traveled the route so many times that she almost drove automatically: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then—bang! Out of nowhere a car crashed into Esposito’s car, pushing her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. Injured but mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she got stuck in the vehicle.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for bed when he heard the crash coming from not far outside his bedroom window. DiPinto, a volunteer firefighter, 64, never stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and rushed out.

The first car he came upon, 2, 000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once making sure the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito’s car straddling the railroad tracks. And then he heard a bell sound, which signalled a coming train.

DiPinto rushed to Esposito’s car and hit on the driver’s side window. She just looked at him. “I don’t know where I am,” she said.

“You’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto yelled. “We have to get you off right now!” The train was traveling at a speed of 65 miles per hour toward them. The driver’s door couldn’t be opened due to the crash, so DiPinto ran to the passenger side. He threw open the door, pushed aside the airbags, seized Esposito’s arms, and pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until he finally got her out and walked her to safety as quickly as he could.

Within seconds, the train crashed into the car. “It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

“Last night,” said Greg Miglino Chief of the South County Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”

1. What led to the happening of Esposito’s accident?

A．The fast speed of her car.	B．A crash of another car.
C．Her absence of mind while driving.	D．Her unfamiliarity with the road conditions.

2. Why was the situation so dangerous?

A．Esposito was to be hit by the train.	B．The driver’s door couldn’t be opened.
C．The two drivers were both badly injured.	D．A passenger in Esposito’s car was unconscious.

3. How was Esposito saved?

A．The train was made to stop.	B．Afire truck was called for rescue.
C．She was out of the car with DiPinto’s help.	D．Some passers-by came to her assistance.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．A train crashed into a car.

B．A firefighter managed to become a hero overnight.

C．A woman’s car broke down on the railroad tracks.

D．A firefighter saved a woman from a following accident.

9 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

The Lomax family needed a dog. Though their house was already full with seven people, they knew a dog would truly make the house a home. So they settled on a dog whom they named Jack. It turned out to be the best decision they ever made.

It was Jack’s protective instinct(本能) that would save the lives of the Lomax family. If it wasn’t for him, the family may never have survived the terrible accident that would eventually befall one cold January day in 2020.

It was a night like many others. Autumn, the family’s youngest child and her mother Ashley had settled into bed in one of the bedrooms on the second floor. Jack, who rarely left Autumn’s side, had settled in there as well. Little did they know that something terrible was about to happen that night. While the family was fast asleep, a fire had started in one of the other second floor bedrooms. Jack had picked up a whiff (些微的气味) of smoke in the next room. In an instant, the brave dog jumped into action.

The four-legged family member knew something was wrong but had no way of telling his owners. He jumped up Ashley’s bed and began touching her face. She pushed him off her bed and tried to roll over but he began again, until she was up.

As soon as she could, Ashley took hold of Autumn and began to move away from the door. She screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran from the room, alerting the rest of the family to the disaster that was taking place. Jack did his part again too, barking loudly. Ashley’s screams woke the four other adults and two more children. All of them headed out into the cold January night. In no time, the fire had engulfed (吞没) nearly the entire home, but luckily, all of them had made it out alive, with Jack leading the way.

1. Why did the Lomax family raise a dog? (No more than 15 words)
2. What does the underlined word mean in the 2nd paragraph? (No more than 3 words)
3. Which floor did Jack sleep? (No more than 5 words)
4. What did Jack do when he sensed something wrong? (No more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Jack? Please explain? (No more than 20 words)

10 . It was about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito got off the train at the Bellport, New York, got into her car and began driving home. She had traveled the route(线路) so many times that she almost drove automatically: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then—bang! Out of nowhere a car crashed into Esposito’s car, pushing her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. Injured but mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she got stuck in the vehicle.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for bed when he heard the crash coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and rushed out. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said. “We’re always on duty. ”

The first car he came upon 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once making sure the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito's car straddling (骑跨) the railroad tracks. And then he heard a bell sound, which signaled a coming train. DiPinto rushed to Esposito’s car and hit on the driver’s side window. She just looked at him, “I don’t know where I am,” she said.

“You’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto yelled. “We have to get you off right now!” The train was traveling at a speed of 65 miles per hour toward them. The driver’s door couldn’t be opened due to the crash, so DiPinto ran to the passenger side. He threw open the door, pushed aside the airbags, seized Esposito’s arms, and pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until he finally got her out and walked her to safety as quickly as he could. Within seconds, the train crashed into the car. “It was like a Hollywood movie, ” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

“Last night, ” said Greg Miglino Chief of the South Country Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas(睡衣), not in a fire truck. ”

1. What can we know about the accident from the first paragraph?

A．Esposito was not familiar with the road.

B．Esposito was driving too fast.

C．The crash was violent.

D．It should have been avoided.

2. Why was the situation so dangerous?

A．Esposito was badly injured.

B．Esposito was about to be hit by the train.

C．Esposito was firmly stuck in the car.

D．The driver’s door couldn’t be opened.

3. What does Greg Miglino really mean?

A．He is praising DiPinto’s heroic action.

B．DiPinto didn’t act as professionally.

C．A firefighter should be ready any time.

D．Fire trucks are not enough for emergencies.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A Terrible Accident.	B．A Brave Firefighter.
C．A Broken Car.	D．A Narrow Escape.